I noticed something similar while reading today’s newspaper. Few, if any stories re: Pearl Harbour
Was this true last Dec. After 9/11? I don’t remember.
It is SERIOUSLY noticeable.
I didn’t remember the significance of the date until mid-afternoon, at which point I made a small sign and set it on my desk at the copy center where I work that read simply “Remember Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941.” An elderly gentleman thanked me for it.
You know, I read the thread title as “…and there hasn’t been a single THREAT on Pearl Harbour”. It made me wonder why you were upset that no one had tried to destroy it again or something!
I don’t have much to say about Pearl Harbour, which is why I, at least, didn’t start a thread about it. You know, it never even made it into my history classes (I think it was intended to, in grade 11 History, but we got kind of delayed with a fun project regarding WWI that WWII got kind of cut off prematurely!).
Oh yeah. So it is. A few years ago even before 9/11 it was frontpage news (even as a Slow News Day glurge item). Yahoo news doesn’t mention it now.
One left leaning blogster has one of the best timelines of the war:
Here is his recent page on the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
http://www.bartcop.com/0658.htm
And it is fascinating to follow the war progress Day-by-Day in this Diary of WWII, updated often, to see the actions as they happened 60 years ago:
http://www.bartcop.com/421214.htm
Those links have no modern political views, so they are safe for right leaning minds! 
Pearl Harbour day is always remembered in my family. My step-father, a retired Airman, married my mother on that day. That day specifically, so that he would never, ever forget their anniversary, and never forget Pearl Harbour day.
Was there even a Pearl Harbor thread last year? Last year, of course, the world was obsessed with 9/11 and what it might mean. This year, we’ve got Iraq turning in a nearly 12,000 page document which could determine whether or not the US goes to war, so given the short attention span of modern society, it’s kind of not surprising that it’s been forgotten by the major media outlets.
It’s never forgotten in my family either. I have two uncles that fought in WWII. Only one of them is alive now, but we always acknowledge it to him. And Dec.7, 1941 was my father’s 5th birthday. He says he remembers all the excitement quite clearly, but my grandmother made sure it was a normal birthday for him, despite her obvious worries.
Since Pearl Harbor appears to be taking a back seat to other concerns, perhaps if you read Coldfire’s post about WWII it might bring back some semblance of why we should remember. It always makes me cry. I KNOW it’s not about Pearl Harbor. Rather about remembering…
I definitely remember more coverage last year. But I guess people like the number 60 better than 61.
I’ve now noticed this as well today . … To my eternal shame, I forgot the significance of the date, even though I noted to myself several days ago the fact that the Army-Navy game was on Pearl Harbor Day. And I watched most of it without remembering. Must have been the goat controversy. And, of course, the bar was a bit loud and I didn’t have the best aural view of the game, so they might have been talking about 12/7 the whole time and I was too dense to hear it.
We fight wars for various reasons but I remain convinced that the whole of WWII was a triumph of accomplishment for our nation that will likely never be matched. It is sometimes difficult for me to believe that these are the same men and women that gave birth to slugs who join class action suits about “toxic” mold that gives them the sniffles. Pearl Harbor stirred the sleeping giant and changed the world (with the battle of Midway as the pivot).
I always remember when it’s Pearl Harbor Day. Due to luck, my Dad got out of the engine room on the West Virginia that day.
He was ironing his civies about to go on shore leave when the attack occurred. He claimed they gave the wrong signal, instead of man battle stations, it was all hands on deck or something and he wasn’t aware of the attack until he neared the top deck.
I did remember this day.
I do have a lot to say, but I think I’ll personally confess it to my flag as it flies over my house tomorrow.
Tripler
I was on call early this morning, and remembered but couldn’t observe at home.
My family always remembers too.
My dad was on the Raleigh that morning. Like a lot of guys, he was in his bunk when they took the first hit. He said that at first everyone thought they’d been rammed. Then the alarms sounded and things got very busy for a while.
Dad’s been gone almost 13 years now, but we still remember.
Ugly
And now, a year later. Seems like I hear Taps playing.
I noticed this earlier. . .
There’s a May 5th, 1945 thread by Coldfire, but none to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor and the inevitable entrance of the US into World War II.
I’ll take it upon myself that next year, I’ll start a thread to thank the veterans of WWII in remembrance of that date. And to think of it, I’d like to thank all of those guys and gals in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam in this post.
Call me crazy.
Tripler
:: salutes them all ::
You forgot the folks currently serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. They deserve our thanks as well. We might not agree with the reasons why they’re where they are, but it’s certainly better that we have men and women willing to risk their lives for this country, than to not have them.